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Pilot tools

Free tools for sim pilots

Calculators, converters and generators for planning and flying in Microsoft Flight Simulator and X-Plane. They run in your browser, free, with no account.

Top of descent calculatorHow far out to start down, and the descent rate that holds the path.Airport distance calculatorThe great-circle distance between two airports, with the flight time.METAR and TAF decoderPaste a weather report and read every group in plain English.Random flight generatorA random route to fly, or one Stratos pilots actually fly.Mach to knots converterTrue airspeed from a Mach number and altitude, and back.hPa to inHg converterAn altimeter setting in hectopascals or inches of mercury.Zulu time converterThe time in Zulu now, and Zulu to local time and back.Virtual airline name generatorNames, codes and callsigns for a new virtual airline.